Tag Archives: Windows Media Center

A frustrating Media Center Weekend

Posted on December 26, 2008 by agrant

Over the last week I set myself a mini-project of making three improvements to my Windows Media Center setup. Compress recorded shows older than 30 days in WMV to save space. Moved older shows (compressed or not) to a network … Continue reading →

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Virtual Media Center Followup

Posted on December 21, 2008 by agrant

Quick follow my post about running a virtual copy of Windows Media Center; I don’t think the high CPU percentages were related to disk access. One of my early concerns was disk performance which I tested with Disk Throughput Tester … Continue reading →

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Virtualizing Media Center on Windows Home Server

Posted on December 17, 2008 by agrant

Like everyone with both Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center boxes I’d pay a good chunk of cash to have both in a single box featuring shared storage, cablecard support, and a small and eco-friendly footprint. A very good … Continue reading →

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Bah!

Posted on January 4, 2008 by agrant

It seems everywhere has sold out of the first batch of the new Linksys V2 Media Center Extenders. The best I can find is pcalchemy which has an in-stock date of next Friday.

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Building a Windows Home Server – Part 1: Hardware Choices

Posted on April 6, 2007 by agrant

According to statistics one in five PCs will suffer a fatal hard drive failure in their lifetime. Last week our Media Center was one of them. Fortunately it was the disk containing the OS and not the larger disk that holds … Continue reading →

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